2014-06-17 Infrastructure and Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  17 JUNE 2014


2.   Review the Sunshine Coast Local Area Pest Management Plan as the basis for a new
     Noosa Local Government Area Pest Management Plan

     Using the Sunshine Coast Local Government Area Pest Management Plan as a reference
     document, Noosa Council would establish a working group for the development of a Noosa
     Local Area Pest Management Plan 2014-2018. The process for Option 2 is as follows:

     A. Representatives would be invited from the following stakeholder groups to provide input
        into the draft Noosa PMP:

         •   AgForce Cooloola
         •   Burnett Mary Regional Group
         •   Conservation Volunteers Australia
         •   Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
         •   Department of Environment & Heritage Protection
         •   Department of National Parks, Sports & Racing
         •   Department of Transport & Main Roads
         •   Gympie Regional Council
         •   Noosa Residents and Ratepayers Association
         •   Plantation Forestry Queensland
         •   Noosa & District Landcare
         •   Noosa Integrated Catchment Association
         •   Noosa Parks Association
         •   SEQ Catchments
         •   SEQ Water
         •   Sunshine Coast Council
         •   Sunshine Coast Nursery and Garden Industry
         •   Wildlife Preservation Society (Sunshine Coast)

        Council’s Environment Officer, Manager Environmental Health and Pest Plant and Pest
        Animal Officers would attend stakeholder meetings.

     B. The Draft PMP would be presented to Council for endorsement for the purposes of
        public consultation.

     C. Council undertakes a public consultation period of not less than 28 days.

     D. The working group reviews public comments.

     E. The finalised version is presented to Council for endorsement.

     F. The Draft PMP is provided to Biosecurity Queensland for their consideration and
        approval by the Minister.

     G. The Draft PMP is considered by Council for final endorsement.

     The advantage of Option 2 is that most of the information concerning pest management in
     the Noosa area has already been gathered through the development of the Sunshine
     Coast PMP, and drafting a Noosa PMP is not an onerous process. Secondly, the Noosa
     PMP would be a four year plan and a Biosecurity Plan would not need to be developed
     until 2018.




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